No work, no pay, period
There is a familiar scene many workers know by heart. The clock moves, attendance is checked, and a missed day means less money. Teachers know it. Nur...
Herman M. LagonMarch 27, 20264 min
IMPULSES
There is a familiar scene many workers know by heart. The clock moves, attendance is checked, and a missed day means less money. Teachers know it. Nur...
There is something almost insulting about watching a fuel price hike explained on television by men in coats while a public school teacher in Iloilo i...
Every graduation has its rituals. Mothers adjust collars with nervous hands. Fathers clear their throats more than usual. Students grin for photos whi...
The taxi smelled faintly of gasoline and menthol candy, the kind drivers chew to stay awake past lunch. It was a Sunday, quiet enough for conversation...
Cities survive floods, elections, and brownouts, yet sometimes the loudest debates are about parking. That tension surfaced in Iloilo when talk of reg...
There are government programs that look good in press releases and disappear the moment the camera leaves. The Doctors to the Barrios program is not o...
There was a time when a one-peso fuel hike could already send transport and progressive groups to the streets—whistles, placards, radio voices full of...
Word has been going around downtown, and this time the whispers are true. Roberto’s is finally expanding. After weeks of speculation about who would t...
A public commendation should have been the easy part. An Ilongga, now Iloilo City vice mayor, wins election as national chair of the National Movement...